S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

1 year and 5 months of waiting before writing this review. I’ll start with something simple so people who want to buy this game don’t fall into the same trap I did. The starting area is great — the game begins really strong. But the longer you play, the more obvious it becomes that the whole thing is held together w…

My Steam account is 21 years old. Here’s a short reflection on what I’ve learned in that time: It takes a hell of a lot for a modern game to genuinely surprise me, let alone completely immerse me. But after patiently waiting for the post-launch patches and stepping into the Zone at version 1.7 (shoutout to everyone…

The one metric of your PC that determines if you can run this game is the size of your CPUs L3 cache. I upgraded from 16mb Ryzen 5500 to 32mb Ryzen 5600x. UE5 uses the hell out of the L3 cache and the bigger, typically the better. This was enough for enjoyable performance. Everything else matters sure, you'll need a…

I absolutely love the stalker series its atmosphere is amazing the world feels alive, I would rate this game 8/10 but... at this moment I would rate it closer to 5/10 because stalker 2 has gone in reverse, how are the games that are 20+ years older than this one so much better? the AI was so good they would sneak up…

Besides the beat to death issues with A-life and the engine, the game has glaring issues that have still not been addressed. Namely tons of problems due to it being designed for consoles (which is the worst decision that could've been made for a game like this.) Biggest of which is a sensitivity issue where the X an…

Leaving aside technical issues that are sometimes annoying but not fatal: Stalker 2 has a wonderful, atmospheric world, flawed but interesting systems, combat that is uneven but can be very thrilling - and mission design that veers from repetitive to downright miserable, as well as storytelling that is convoluted an…